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Volume CXXXII, Number 3 |
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Dazed and confused
TIMOTHY RIEMER, COLUMNIST
Tuesday afternoon the Federal Reserve Board decided to
leave interest rates unchanged at 1.75 percent again. Although this was
expected, it was a surprise to hear of the dissents by two of the 12-person
board. This dissension by two members seemed to send the stock market
plummeting again to its lowest mark since 1998. [read
the article]
Midpoint of History
KID WONGSRICHANALAI, STAFF WRITER
If they looked back upon their own lives they could very
well see a generation that had weathered the Great War - that nightmare
world of strange foxholes and endless trenches where death and chaos ruled
the muddy, gas-filled battlefields of western Europe. A generation of
men had gone to war with each other and the machine that had long been
kept deep inside the mind of man's ingenious scientists was finally let
loose to show the world the might of the engine, of the machine gun, of
the tank, of the airplane. [read
the article]
Out in full again
CECILY UPTON, COLUMNIST
The Bowdoin Outing Club members were at it again last weekend
in full force. We have been blessed by the weather gods over these past
weeks, and they smiled on us again both Saturday and Sunday. [read
the article]
Why should students vote?
AIMEE TOW, STAFF WRITER
Politicians are influenced by their constituents. Since
our age group (18 to 24) has the lowest voter turnout of all voting age
groups (less than 20 percent), politicians do not pay attention to the
issues we are concerned about. Instead, they listen to the concerns of
older voters who voted for them or who will vote for them in the future.
[read the article]
Date rape concerns
JEFF BENSON, M.D.
Dear Dr. Jeff: I've heard about a pill you can take to
make the effects of alcohol stronger. I believe it's called "roche"
(pronounced "row-shay"), and can get you really drunk off of
just one beer. What is it anyway? [read
the article]
